While the number of special districts has been growing steadily throughout the United States since the 1950s, Illinois has consistently had more special districts than any other state. In the six-county greater Chicago region, there were 353 special districts (other than school districts) in 1962.
Moral distress is the physical or emotional suffering that is experienced when constraints (internal or external) prevent one from following the course of action that one believes is right. With more responsibility than authority, nurses often lack the autonomy to do what they feel should be done. Nurses often seem unaware of moral distress experience in themselves. Feelings labeled as stress, burnout, emotional exhaustion, and job dissatisfaction may actually be symptomatic of moral distress.
Definition of distress. 1  1 law a : seizure and detention of the goods of another as pledge (see 1pledge 1) or to obtain satisfaction of a claim by the sale of the goods seizedb : something that is distrained. 2a : pain or suffering affecting the body, a bodily part, or the mind : trouble gastric distress The patient showed no obvious signs of distress.